Category: Religious Liberty

Defending Marriage and Religious Liberty

Shane Vander Hart | April 10, 2013 | 3 Replies

In the last few days we have seen several incidents where religious liberty is under attack that have been directly correlated to gay rights and marriage.

New Rules for HHS Contraceptives Mandate Excludes Hobby Lobby

Shane Vander Hart | February 1, 2013 | Reply

Proposed rules announced by Kathleen Sebelius for the HHS contraceptives mandate brodens definition of “religious employer, but excludes companies owned by people of faith.

Obama Reveals Blatant Hypocrisy On Religious Freedom

Caffeinated Thoughts | January 16, 2013 | 3 Replies

Susan B. Anthony List blasts President Barack Obama on his hypocrisy declaring 1/16/13 as Religious Freedom Day, 2013 while denying it to others.

Rick Perry in Iowa: Obama is Waging War on People of Faith and Our Values

Shane Vander Hart | August 12, 2012 | Reply

Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) was a keynote speaker at The FAMiLY Leader’s Leadership Summit at Point of Grace Church in Waukee, IA. He focused on the relationship of faith and politics. He highlighted Congressman Paul Ryan’s speech yesterday morning after being selected as Mitt Romney’s running mate when he said that “our rights come from [...]

Don’t forget today is Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day!

Shane Vander Hart | August 1, 2012 | 4 Replies

Kudos to Mike Huckabee for starting this. Head on over to your local Chick-fil-A store and go get some chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, and don’t forget to order a peach shake as well in order to support Chick-fil-A and the First Amendment. Apparently Ted Cruz served Chick-fil-A at his victory party last night. It’s [...]

Religious Freedom Rallies Bring Christians Together

Tony Beam | June 11, 2012 | 1 Reply

Christians rallied from one end of the country to the other this past Friday to let Washington hear loud and clear that we will not allow our religious freedoms to be trampled on without a fight. There were at least 160 coordinated rallies held on the anniversary of the introduction of 12 proposed amendments to [...]

Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally–Stop the HHS Mandate

Caffeinated Thoughts | June 5, 2012 | Reply

From Iowa Right to Life: Make your voice heard in Des Moines, IA! On June 8, tens of thousands of faithful citizens will gather in prayer and public witness in cities and towns all across the United States to oppose the HHS Mandate and stand up in defense of our religious freedoms. Rally for Religious [...]

Catholic Church Agencies File Lawsuits Challenging HHS Contraceptives Mandate

Caffeinated Thoughts | May 21, 2012 | 1 Reply

By Tom Chapman The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a statement earlier today as 43 dioceses, hospitals, schools and church agencies across the nation filed 12 lawsuits challenging the federal Health and Human Services mandate on contraceptive services. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York applauded the filings, saying the [...]

Conservative Charity vs Liberal Government

John Hitchcock | April 29, 2012 | 2 Replies

Republicans want to kill grandma. Republicans want to kill sick people. Republicans want poor people to starve and die. Republicans want blacks dead or enslaved. Republicans want hispanics imprisoned or gone. Republicans want the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. Republicans want to poison the water and destroy the land and [...]

Religious Liberty: Obamacare’s First Casualty

Caffeinated Thoughts | March 20, 2012 | Reply

An excellent video from our friends over at the Heritage Foundation. The controversy over the Obama Administration’s anti-conscience mandate and the fight for religious liberty only serves to highlight the inherent flaws in Obamacare. This conflict is a natural result of the centralization laid out under Obamacare and will only continue until the law is repealed [...]

Senate Votes Contraceptives Over Religious Liberty

Shane Vander Hart | March 1, 2012 | 1 Reply

The Blunt Amendment was defeated in the Senate today on a 51-49 vote. The measure introduced by Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) would have allowed employers to opt out of health care coverage which would violate their religious or moral beliefs. In effect Obama’s contraceptives mandate trumps religious liberty. Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE), Joe Manchin (D-WV) [...]

Mitt Romney Was Against the Blunt-Rubio Amendment Before He Was For It

Shane Vander Hart | February 29, 2012 | 2 Replies

I’m getting whip lash, Romney changes positions all in one day… via Greg Sargent. Mitt Romney was asked about the Blunt-Rubio amendment which would empower employers and insurers to deny health coverage they deem morally objectionable (abortions, contraceptives, etc.) First he was against it: I’m not for the bill. But, look, the idea of presidential [...]

Homosexual “Rights” Clash with Religious Liberty and Parental Sovereignty in Canada

Shane Vander Hart | February 27, 2012 | 3 Replies

I’ve had said before if you wonder where the direction of religious liberty is headed you don’t even need to look to Europe. Just look to our neighbors to the north. Canada passed their own gay marriage law back in 2005 being the fourth country to do so. Even before this homosexual “rights” have already [...]

President Obama’s Birth Control Problem Is Actually An Ultimate Control Problem

Tony Beam | February 13, 2012 | Reply

The Obama Administration’s answer to the outrage expressed by the Catholic Church over his contraceptive mandate is to change the conversation from a freedom of religion issue to a plain freedom issue. In announcing his “compromise” over the contraceptive mandate announced by Kathleen Sebelius on January 20, the President employed the tried and true “bait [...]

Sixth Circuit Court Rules Counseling Student Cannot Be Expelled for Religious Views

Shane Vander Hart | January 28, 2012 | 5 Replies

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rightly rules that Eastern Michigan University could not expel Julea Ward because of her religious beliefs against affirming homosexuality.

Five Items of Interest: Bachmann Campaign Post-Mortem, Romney’s Electability, Thatcher’s Legacy, NYC Schools’ Church Ban & EPA Rules

Shane Vander Hart | January 14, 2012 | 2 Replies

This week’s edition of five things I wanted to point out, but was too lazy to turn into individual posts: 1. A Post-Mortem of Michele Bachmann’s campaign. Jennifer Jacobs of The Des Moines Register sheds some light on problems within the campaign, things that some of on the ground outside the campaign sensed even if [...]